After the belts whirred to a halt and workers left Cornwall’s last operating tin mine for a final time in March 1998, a question was painted on its outer wall: “Cornish lads are fishermen and Cornish ...

The firm behind plans to reopen an historic Cornish tin and tungsten mine are to carry out further borehole drilling after recent tests proved successful. Mine exploration and production company ...

Cornwall’s last tin mine closed 20 years ago. Now growing demand for metals from ethical sources could spark a revival in one of Britain’s most deprived regions. Once the mining center of the world, ...

The glory days of tin mining may be about to return to Cornwall in an unexpected revival of the historic industry which provided the backdrop to the Poldark novels and BBC TV drama. In towns such as ...

Bolstered by strengthening tin prices and improving fundamental support for tin consumption over the long term, Canadian mineral exploration firm Strongbow Exploration is set to revive a mining ...

"They have left us half of their tin," says mining engineer Mike Proudfoot as he examines a bag of sand taken from the north Cornwall coast. He is aiming to extract tin from the sands which are rich ...

This week Cornwall hosts the leaders of the world's largest so-called advanced economies at the G7 summit. Cornwall has a rich heritage and, with millions of Cornish descendants spread around the ...